State v. Battle

NOT FINAL UNTIL TIME EXPIRES TO FILE REHEARING MOTION AND, IF FILED, DETERMINED IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL OF FLORIDA SECOND DISTRICT STATE OF FLORIDA, ) ) Appellant, ) v. ) Case No. 2D16-640 ) 2D16-1541 ) JAMES BATTLE, ) ) CONSOLIDATED Appellee. ) ) Opinion filed October 25, 2017. Appeal from the Circuit Court for Hillsborough County; Chet A. Tharpe, Judge. Pamela Jo Bondi, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Donna S. Koch, Assistant Attorney General, Tampa, for Appellant. Howard L. Dimmig, II, Public Defender, and Tosha Cohen, Assistant Public Defender, Bartow, for Appellee. LUCAS,…